The Tennessee Highway Patrol has confirmed that a second person has died as a result of injuries sustained in an accident last week.
64-year-old Gerald Noblitt of Union Mills, North Carolina died following the accident January 16 on Newport Highway near Old Kentucky Road. Noblitt had been flown by medical helicopter to a local hospital after being injured in the accident. 64-year-old Debra Johnson of Greeneville died in the wreck.
The crash occurred as a Honda Accord driven by Noblitt changed lanes into oncoming traffic and struck Johnson’s Honda CRV head-on.
A third vehicle, a Dodge Ram truck driven by Alan Rader of Greeneville, struck Johnson’s vehicle in the rear as a result of the impact her CRV sustained from Noblitt’s car.
The THP investigated the accident.
